First of all, educational research is the driving force to promote educational reform and development. Change the concept of education through educational research; Explore the ways and methods of educational system, educational content and educational methods reform, and provide decision-making basis for educational administrative departments to formulate educational policies, improve educational quality and school-running efficiency. Educational research can not only improve the scientificity of educational decision-making, but also improve the management level and quality of schools.

Secondly, educational research is the basis of developing and perfecting educational science theory. Educational research is the fundamental premise of enriching and perfecting the theoretical system of educational science, and plays an important role in theoretical development and discipline construction.

Finally, educational research can enhance the research ability of researchers and is the main way to train future educational reformers. Educational scientific research is an important means to improve the comprehensive quality of researchers.

Especially for teachers, through educational research, they can explore bravely in educational practice, transition from relying solely on experience to relying on theory, master the basic theories and methods of scientific research through understanding, learning and applying educational laws, and become research-oriented and scholar-oriented teachers and future educational reformers.

Significance of educational research

Educational research belongs to the category of scientific research, which consists of three basic elements: objective facts, scientific theories and methods, and has the functions of explanation, prediction and control. Specifically, educational research is guided by the discovery or development of scientific knowledge system, and promotes the development of broad principles and principles through the explanation, prediction and control of educational phenomena.

As a form of scientific research, educational research is characterized by creativity. As a kind of human cognitive activity, it is different from the general cognitive activity. It has a strong purpose and planning, and its purpose is to solve certain educational and scientific problems.